Cactus Links Directory: listed by genus

Cactus Links Directory: listed by genus

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Cactus are regarded as unusual by most gardeners. To cactus enthusiasts like myself ( and, I am sure the creators of the sites below ) they are more like friends. We are as serious as hobbyists dedicated to any other plants. Although, being a cactus enthusiast takes a sense of humor. After all we take a lot of barbs.
I hope you will find this website directory of cacti helpful.
If you wish to suggest other sites to be considered for Inclusion, please e-mail.

Click here to get a screensaver of my cactus flowers. 8 pictures with changing transitions are featured.

http://www.cactofilia.com/Software/index.asp?IDLANG=2
Check out this interesting program for keeping all your cactus information organized on your computer. Available in both Italian and English. "Cactofilia" is the software that lets you organize in a database all the data about your succulent collection. The program is delivered with a classification containing already a lot of families, genera and succulent species, so you will be able to begin immediately to file data about your most common plants.

Turbinicarpus, Thelocactus, Strombocactus, Rebutia, Opuntia, Mammillaria, Lophophora, Gymnocactus, Gymnocalycium, Echinopsis, Echinocereus, Disocactus, Cereus, Aztekium, Astrophytum, Ariocarpus, Aporocactus, General

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http://www.pers-kaktus.dk Great photos of a personal collection as well as from travels. The site is both in Dansk and English.

http://www.cactusplaza.com/index.html CactusPlaza is a Dutch cactus nursery specialized in sowing and raising cacti from seed and cuttings. Read the article on growing cactus from seed.

http://www.cactuspro.com/
Au Cactus Francophone Cactus et Plantes Succulentes ou Grasses - This is an interesting guide to botanical gardens and succulent information from French speaking countries. Translations from the French are available in 13languages. It is well organized and a good effort at using translation programs

http://arizona.cacti.home.att.net/cacti02.htm
The most common and most widespread of the cacti are the prickly pears. Found throughout the west except the wet coastal forests or on the coldest heights these very successful plants are familiar to most. The distinctive flat pads make identification of a cacti as a prickly pear easy, but which one? Distinction between the 33 species of prickly pear found in the southwest can be difficult. These plants often interbreed making exact identification sometimes difficult for even a professional botanist.

http://www.cactus-mall.com This is an amazing reference for on line resources about cactus and succulents world wide. It is available in English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Japanese and Russian.

http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/2120 A collection of flowering cactus in 7 galleries

http://www.cactuscenter.com/ The California Cactus Center is an interesting place to find both rare and common Cactus and Succulents. Get expert advise and discover new varieties. I have always found these plants to be healthy and well established. Well worth looking at when you are in the area.

http://www.cactustropicalgarden.com/ The pictures taken of both cactus and succulents at this tropical garden are easily used to identify your plants. The shapes, colors, flowers and spines are clearly revealed.

Read about the difficulties encountered in trying to preserve this lovely garden.

http://www.tamuk.edu/webuser/cactus/ Learn about the commercial value of Opuntia from Texas A & M University

http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/horticulture/g187.htm Helpful guide to growing potted cactus indoors. Instructions for care by type of cactus is provided.

http://members.austarmetro.com.au/~cactus/ Nice pics, info and links. Looks like an interesting supplier if you are in Australia.

http://www.photo.net/ca/palm-springs.html Contains some pictures from Moorten Botanical Garden in Palm Springs. The garden contains over 3,000 succulents and cactus. The garden along with The Living Desert and The lift ride up the mountain among the most interesting sights in Palm Springs (at least from this gardener’s point of view)

http://www.livingdesert.org/home.html The Living Desert zoo and gardens is a wonderful place to learn about arid environments. The nursery sells native plants of the Southwest.

http://www.cactuscollection.net/index.htm Welcome to Cactus Collection!
This site was born of my desire to document and record the progress of my cacti. Thus, you may find some of it to be in more detail than you may care to take in and many photos that are similar. I am interested in the components that make up each species and have photographically noted a number of these characteristics on each species page. Enjoy! Jessica

http://www.senkeeska.freeserve.co.uk/cactiindex.html Cacti for Small Greenhouses; excellent photos for identifying and interesting notes. Welcome to the web site of Andy Powell, from South-West England

The idea to produce this web site as an 'A to Z' of 'small growing' species is taken from a similar concept by Mr. John Pilbeam and his book 'Cacti for the connoisseur'. John Pilbeam has done more than many to popularise this hobby of ours and many plants in my greenhouse bear his references (including a couple on this site). I offer my thanks to him for being the catalyst for my enthusiasm for cacti and providing the foundations to my collection.

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Comet/4364/index.html A whimsical but heart felt display of Josef Krejcirik’s obviously enthusiastic cactus collecting. Excellent photographic identification of his collection. Includes a tribute to another Victoria B.C. cactus collector, Lorne French.

http://www.arizonacactus.com/highdesert.htm A list of cactus & succulents that are suited to the high desert.